Putin says NATO using all its potential against Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to fulfill the objectives of the country’s special operation in Ukraine even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left for the US to lobby for more arms.

According to Press TV, in a speech at the yearly meeting with his defense chiefs, Putin said Moscow will meet all the goals of its special operation in Ukraine as he hailed the military leaders as “heroes”.

The Russian president said the NATO military alliance was using its full capabilities against Russia and urged the defense chiefs to use their experience gained in the past ten months in Ukraine and also in Syria.

He said battlefield losses in Ukraine were “a common tragedy” and that he continues to see the Ukrainians as a “brotherly nation”.

Pertinently, Russia launched the operation in Ukraine in late February, following Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements and Moscow’s recognition of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

At the time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said one of the goals of his special operation was to “de-Nazify” Ukraine.

Putin on Wednesday said Russia’s enemies wanted to see the country disintegrate, adding that his country was forced to launch the operation due to Western “provocations”.

He pledged to give the Russian armed forces anything they ask to support the special operation in Ukraine, where the fighting continues to intensify due to Western military support to Kiev.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin has warned that an increase in the supply of US arms to Ukraine will only aggravate the protracted conflict and “does not bode well” for Ukraine.
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